Product Information

To commemorate the famed gold rush of 1851, which triggered a period of radical transformation for Australia, The Perth Mint is offering a 1/4oz gold coin for historians and collectors alike.

Proof Quality 99.99% Pure Gold

Each coin is meticulously struck from 1/4oz of 99.99% pure gold in superb proof quality.

Stunning Reverse Design

The gold coin’s reverse depicts two prospectors panning for gold in a creek. The inscription THE LAND DOWN UNDER also appears in the design with The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark and the weight and fineness of the coin.

Australian Legal Tender

Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2014 year-date and the monetary denomination on the obverse.

Extremely Limited Mintage

No more than 1,000 of The Land Down Under – Gold Rush 2014 1/4oz Gold Proof Coins will be issued by The Perth Mint.

Australian Map-Shaped Display Case and Numbered Certificate

The coin is housed in a unique, contemporary, Australian map-shaped latex case which displays both sides of the coin. The case is packaged within a beautifully illustrated shipper, and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Technical Specifications

Gold Content (Troy oz)

0.25

Monetary Denomination (AUD)

25

Fineness (% purity)

99.99

Minimum Gross Weight (g)

7.777

Maximum Diameter (mm)

20.60

Maximum Thickness (mm)

2.00

Maximum Mintage

1,000

Designer

Wade Robinson

The Perth Mint is pleased to announce the first 2014 designs of the popular the Land Down Under series.

Australia is a continent rich in history, with the famed Australian gold rush of 1851 triggered a period of radical transformation for the remote penal colony. The population and the economy boomed at an unprecedented rate, bringing about new towns, cities, trade, cultures and infrastructure, seemingly overnight.

Although there had been isolated reports of gold findings in Australia since the 1820s, it wasn’t until February 1851 when Edward Hammond Hargraves discovered gold in a waterhole near Bathurst, New South Wales, that the frenzied hunt for gold gripped the country.

Despite gold being found across the land, it was the discovery by Patrick Hannan at Kalgoorlie in 1893 that ultimately resulted in Australia becoming the world’s largest gold producer at the turn of the century, with half of its output mined in Western Australia.